Political commentary and analysis from conservative pundit, John LeBoutillier, the former U.S. Congressman and author of Harvard Hates America.

Is the slowing national economy – with a just-recalibrated 1.5% GDP – simply too much for the Obama campaign to overcome? Is the Romney campaign making a strategic mistake believing they can just ride this trend all the way to the White House? Or should they offer a positive vision for how to turn around our national economy?

This – and much more – will be discussed by the CAMPAIGN INSIDERS – Pat Caddell, Doug Schoen and John LeBoutillier – live - on Fox News Channel this Sunday afternoon – at 5:25 PM ET.

CAMPAIGN INSIDERS is the only show or segment anywhere on TV that features people who have actually run campaigns and done politics for a living. And there is no spinning, no Talking Points and no hidden agendas – just straight analysis.

So tune into the Fox News Channel at 5:25 PM ET on Sunday and watch CAMPAIGN INSIDERS.

Then on Monday morning at 10:30 AM ET, you can see another, full 30-minute live version of CAMPAIGN INSIDERS by going to http://live.foxnews.com/ - with an inside look at the presidential campaign and the week ahead.

Is the national economy about to go over the side of a cliff – dragging President Obama’s re-election chances with it? Is a deteriorating economy the real story of this election? Can Romney just ride this trend all the way to the White House?

This – and much more – will be discussed by the CAMPAIGN INSIDERS – Pat Caddell, Doug Schoen and John LeBoutillier – live - on Fox News Channel this Sunday afternoon – at 5:25 PM ET.

CAMPAIGN INSIDERS is the only show or segment anywhere on TV that features people who have actually run campaigns and done politics for a living. And there is no spinning, no Talking Points and no hidden agendas – just straight analysis.

So tune into the Fox News Channel at 5:25 PM ET on Sunday and watch CAMPAIGN INSIDERS.

Then on Monday morning at 10:30 AM ET, you can see another, full 30-minute live version of CAMPAIGN INSIDERS by going to http://live.foxnews.com/ - with an inside look at the presidential campaign and the week ahead.

Has the furious assault by Team Obama on Mitt Romney’s Bain business background changed the campaign? Why – at the end of the week – did Mitt Romney reverse direction and schedule appearances on every Sunday morning political show? Is there any truth to the Condi Rice for Veep rumors?

This – and much more – will be discussed by the CAMPAIGN INSIDERS – Pat Caddell, Doug Schoen and John LeBoutillier – live - on Fox News Channel this Sunday afternoon – at 5:25 PM ET.

CAMPAIGN INSIDERS is the only show or segment anywhere on TV that features people who have actually run campaigns and done politics for a living. And there is no spinning, no Talking Points and no hidden agendas – just straight analysis.

So tune into the Fox News Channel at 5:25 PM ET on Sunday and watch CAMPAIGN INSIDERS.

Then on Monday morning at 10:30 AM ET – yes, a new time for us - you can see another, full 30-minute live version of CAMPAIGN INSIDERS by going to http://live.foxnews.com/ - with an inside look at the presidential campaign and the week ahead.

We have been discussing it for months: is Mitt Romney blowing his chance to win this election? Why isn’t he countering the Bain/outsourcing/foreign bank accounts attacks on him? Can President Obama survive these latest dismal job numbers? And is the GOP – again – frittering away the ObamaCare issue by not focusing on just the tax-raising aspect of the law?

This – and much more – will be discussed by the CAMPAIGN INSIDERS – Pat Caddell, Doug Schoen and John LeBoutillier – live - on Fox News Channel this Sunday afternoon – at 5:25 PM ET.

CAMPAIGN INSIDERS is the only show or segment anywhere on TV that features people who have actually run campaigns and done politics for a living.
So tune into the Fox News Channel at 5:25 PM ET on Sunday and watch CAMPAIGN INSIDERS.

Then on Monday morning at 10:30 AM ET – yes, a new time for us - you can see another, full 30-minute live version of CAMPAIGN INSIDERS by going to http://live.foxnews.com/ - with an inside look at the presidential campaign and the week ahead.

Last week’s two monumental Supreme Court decisions – upholding ObamaCare and striking down almost all of the Arizona immigration law – have only further alienated a majority of Americans from the DC Establishment and deepened the underlying gloomy sense that the nation is careening into unknown territory.

A stagnant economy, poor job prospects and two major parties that seem to talk past most people have deeply soured many Americans; pessimism has replaced the normal inherent American sense of optimism.

This is the mood as we enter the final four months of the presidential and congressional campaigns.

A few points:

• If Mitt Romney or Barack Obama talked to the nation – in a mature, presidential manner – and offered a realistic path to recovery, that candidate would win the election;

• Either one could do it – but they’d need to do something out of character for them:

• Obama ought to admit he has over-reached and gone too far as President…show some humility for once in his life…he’d shoot up in the polls – especially among Independents if he did this…

• Romney ought to tell the truth: the mess we are in today is the fault of both parties – the GW Bush-led GOP and the Obama-Pelosi-Reid-led Democrats…by admitting his party is also at fault, he’d earn the respect – and votes – of a many of the key swing Independent voters…

• Romney needs to stop playing the short-term tactical game of just staying close to Obama and then hoping the that bad economy and the GOP Convention “bounce” will propel him past Obama for the home stretch.

• Instead, he needs to think Big…and go High…high above the petty politics and attack-attack-attack mentality…instead, give us the newer version of a City on a Hill…make Americans feel good again about being an American…

• There has to be a sense that better days are ahead…not just “if you stick with the other guy things are going to continue to be bad…”

• American voters are looking to be saved from the mess we are in;

• In 2008 Obama was seen by many as so out-of-the-box – and different from the Establishment politicians we are all so sick of - that he was seen as the Savior; of course, we now see he is in reality just another hack politician;

• Can Romney be seen as a savior? Can he be The Anti-Establishment candidate we so crave?

• Or is he so damaged by his lack-of-conviction, flip-flopping past that he cannot convince voters that he is the man to turn the country to a new and successful direction?

• And if he wants to be seen as this savior, what exactly is the direction he wants to lead us?

John LeBoutillier is a former U.S. congressman and a nationally recognized political commentator. LeBoutillier has been a prolific writer and he has contributed to many major newspapers and magazines. In 1980, LeBoutillier was elected to represent New York's 6th District becoming the youngest member of the 97th Congress. He also has been a frequent commentator, host and guest of many media programs. more about John...email John